High Value Manufacturing – Bártolo et al. (Eds)
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00137-4
Structure development during additive manufacturing
A. Tojeira, S. Biscaia, T. Viana, P.J. Bártolo & G.R. Mitchell
Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Marinha Grande, Portugal
ABSTRACT: Additive manufacturing involves the shaping of a product through the use of a liquid phase
which is subsequently transformed to the solid state by cooling or through the use of chemical cross-linking
reactions. Of particular note is the fused deposition modeling which utilizes semi-crystalline polymers such as
poly(ε-caprolactone) or poly(lactic acid) and has been employed in CDRsp to prepare highly porous ...